Two individuals were arrested in New York on Monday on federal charges that they operated a police station in lower Manhattan for the Chinese government, prosecutors said. 
“Harry” Lu Jianwang, 61, of the Bronx, and Chen Jinping, 59, of Manhattan,…

The European Union has lodged a protest with China after police detained veteran rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his activist wife Xu Yan ahead of a meeting with its diplomats during a scheduled EU-China human rights dialogue on April 13.

“We have alrea…

A Vietnamese blogger who is believed to have been abducted from Thailand by secret agents last week has turned up in police custody in his native country.
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Ha Tinh announced Sunday that they found a person withou…

Heavy traffic on Cambodia’s major roads over the three-day Khmer New Year weekend saw speeding, overloaded taxi cabs and at least 43 accidents that resulted in 18 deaths, authorities said. 
Roads were jammed with people returning to their hometown…

The death toll from a military airstrike in northern Myanmar’s Sagaing region on civilians has nearly doubled to an estimated 200 people, a local member of the People’s Defense Forces told Radio Free Asia on Monday.
During the April 11 attack, jets bom…

It was almost midnight, and the full moon appeared an eerie burnt orange above the streetlights that were clouded by the smog hanging in the air. 

“Our nose burns, our throats get stuck and our eyes turn teary. It has been this way since February…

Sleek, modern rice cookers bearing the South Korean brand Cuckoo sell at premium prices in North Korean department stores, but they have not been illegally smuggled into the country, nor are they Chinese-made fakes.
They were manufactured in the Kaeson…

Hundreds of Hong Kongers and other supporters turned out in rallies around the world over the weekend to show solidarity with 47 former opposition lawmakers and political activists currently standing trial for “subversion” under a national security law…

The Philippine government and opposition have slammed the Chinese envoy for his statements on Manila’s policy on Taiwan and its workers on the neighboring island, saying they will not brook any attempts at intimidation by Beijing.
Chinese Ambassador to…